Katie Holmes has gone Instagram official with artist Jason Bard Yarmosky, just weeks after the pair were first linked romantically. The actress and Yarmosky have since offered glimpses of their relationship online through stories on Instagram, putting a new spotlight on the man who has quietly built a career of his own in New York’s art world.

The relationship has unfolded quickly, with the pair moving from private dates to increasingly public appearances over the summer. Yet while Holmes’ name naturally brings attention to the romance, Yarmosky is an established artist whose work predates the headlines surrounding his relationship with the actress.

So, who is Jason Bard Yarmosky? His career offers a fascinating answer, particularly because his art is rooted in ideas that are considerably more personal than the celebrity world he has now entered.

Born and raised in New York City, Jason Bard Yarmosky studied art at the School of Visual Arts before developing a career centered on paintings and drawings. His work explores themes including aging, time and memory, with his grandparents becoming particularly important subjects throughout his artistic development.

Rather than treating age as something to hide, Yarmosky has incorporated it directly into his work. His early paintings included playful portraits of his grandmother dressed as a bunny and his grandfather as a cowboy, using humor and imagination to approach ideas surrounding aging and identity.

That personal foundation has since grown into a broader artistic practice, with his work being exhibited at institutions including the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, while his growing reputation also earned him a place in the 2026 Tribeca Festival Artist Awards Program.

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But Yarmosky’s recent work shows that his artistic ambitions extend beyond his family history, with one project placing a particular emphasis on the women who have shaped New York’s visual identity.

Jason Bard Yarmosky recently developed Timeless Women in New York, a portrait project presented through Bergdorf Goodman that explores fashion, personality and the women who embody different aspects of the city. Discussing the project with WWD, he explained that clothing can help reveal a sitter’s identity and create a distinct persona.

His career also received a major boost this year when he was selected as one of 10 artists for the 2026 Tribeca Festival Artist Awards Program, which commissions contemporary artists to create original works presented to winning filmmakers.

As for Holmes, the pair reportedly met at a dinner before being spotted together in East Hampton on July 10, adding another chapter to the actress’s much-publicized romantic history following her past relationships with Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Bobby Wooten III. They later appeared together at a Ferragamo event, where Holmes said they simply had similar taste, before eventually taking their relationship to Instagram Stories.

For now, the romance may be what has introduced Yarmosky to a much wider audience. But his artistic career suggests he was already making a name for himself long before Katie Holmes entered the picture.

Jason Bard Yarmosky may now be best known as Katie Holmes’ new boyfriend, but his art has a story of its own. 

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